{"id":324,"date":"2008-10-30T00:30:26","date_gmt":"2008-10-30T07:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/archives\/324"},"modified":"2008-10-30T00:30:26","modified_gmt":"2008-10-30T07:30:26","slug":"to-the-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/to-the-beach\/","title":{"rendered":"To the Beach!"},"content":{"rendered":"

After spending a couple of hours in Hoh Forest, Kristin and I decided to head to the beaches for the late afternoon, and hoped to catch a colorful sunset.\u00c2\u00a0 First up was Ruby Beach<\/em>, about 25 minutes south of Forks.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

We were relieved (no pun intended) <\/em>to find a rest room in the upper parking area….\u00c2\u00a0 until we got within about 10 feet of it.\u00c2\u00a0 Man, it was stinky<\/em> But we used it anyway.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"BaldWe could hear the roar of the ocean <\/em>as soon as we got out of the car.\u00c2\u00a0 I love that sound. There is a quarter mile trail to get down to the beach, and the first switchback gave a breathtaking view<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

And as we walked further down the path I spotted a bald eagle <\/em>just before it landed in a VERY tall pine.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Even with my telephoto lens, this is as close as I could get, and not very crisp.\u00c2\u00a0 He sat there looking cool and posing for my camera for a good 10 minutes.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

The haystacks (big, off-shore rocks) <\/em>were amazing – close to shore and very interesting.\u00c2\u00a0 I decided to\u00c2\u00a0shoot them in a way that got as many of them in as possible…..\u00c2\u00a0 took a bunch from this angle below.<\/p>\n

\"HaystacksIt wasn’t til I was sorting through them\u00c2\u00a0back at the hotel that I noticed the rather unfortunate placement and prominence <\/em>of the one the right.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 It just looks very erect\u00c2\u00a0<\/em>if you know what I mean.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0It’s just a bit embarrassing.<\/p>\n

We decided to see if we could make it back to First Beach in La Push <\/em>before sunset. After a reluctant 2nd visit to the restroom\/outhouse in the parking lot we sped north, wishing we had Edward Cullen to drive us at break-neck speed.<\/p>\n

We arrived a little before dusk and had the beach to ourselves. Kristin scoured the beach for colorful rocks while I took pictures of big foam blobs the waves had left on the sand. The sky was pretty grey, but we were rewarded with some pink before it got dark.<\/p>\n

\"First<\/a><\/p>\n

For more pictures of the beaches, click here<\/a><\/h4>\n

After the sunset, we returned to Forks and stopped at the Forks Outfitters<\/a> – combination Grocery and outdoor store.\u00c2\u00a0 They had a big display of Twilight books and a bunch of clever Twilight t-shirts and sweatshirts on sale.\u00c2\u00a0 Several businesses in town had signs like “Welcome Twilight Fans” and a clever motel’s sign said “Edward Cullen never slept here.”\u00c2\u00a0 Kristin got a picture of that one : ) She was reading book 3 at this point I believe…..<\/p>\n

Next up – Sol Duc Trail & Falls…. <\/em><\/p>\n

\"hummingbird_icon.gif\"\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 By the way – my hummingbird was back again today.\u00c2\u00a0
\n\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 It’s getting COLD here!\u00c2\u00a0 He needs to fly south!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After spending a couple of hours in Hoh Forest, Kristin and I decided to head to the beaches for the late afternoon, and hoped to catch a colorful sunset.\u00c2\u00a0 First up was Ruby Beach, about 25 minutes south of Forks.\u00c2\u00a0 We were relieved (no pun intended) to find a rest room in the upper parking … Continue reading To the Beach!<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photography","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=324"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}